Higher Education News

Kharagpur: India on Monday launched the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) scheme to boost the quality of the country's higher education through international collaboration. The human resource development (HRD) ministry initiative was launched at IIT Gandhinagar by HRD Minister Smriti ...

The Central Government is looking at ways to provide interest-free loans to the underprivileged students at IITs and NITs. This step is being explored in order to suffice for the steep hike of fees that is likely to be implemented at ...

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) was jubilant in August when it hosted students from 19 global management schools for a course. But barring such isolated cases, the number of foreign students coming to India saw a drastic decline in ...

An Indian-origin student has been awarded with a presidential scholarship in a US College for his exceptional commitment to culinary arts. According to reports, he has been awarded for his intense passion and outstanding academic merit in the field of cooking. ...

The University of Delhi tried to inculcate the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP), two years ago, but had to roll it back after much protest. However, Banaras Hindu University's Vice-Chancellor is pitching for the same. BHU Chief, Girsish Chandra Tripathi said ...

VIT University (VIT), Vellore has invited applications for admissions to MBA programme for the academic sessions 2016. The course is offered at VIT Business School for Vellore and Chennai campuses. It is a 2 year course and is offered in the ...

The academic council committee of the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) approved new syllabus for plus two courses in Odisha on Tuesday. The new courses approved by the academic committee will be implemented from 2016-17 academic session. "The new syllabi ...

London, UK: In a first-of-its-kind, UK may introduce a new Visa only for Indian students. This student visa will allow them to work for 2 years after passing out from a British University. It is a great news for all Indian ...

Students of around 38 central universities will finally be able to access free Wi-Fi in university campuses in places including libraries, hostel, canteens and study areas. The high-speed network will have a bandwidth of 2Gbps allowing students to download data from ...

University of Sheffield, UK invites applications for University Prize Scholarships 2016-17. The University Prize Scholarships 2016 is for students pursuing their full-time or part-time Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) program offered at the university. The scholarship is awarded by the university to ...

First-of-its-kind aptitude test will be introduced from the current academic year to enable students to make effective career choices. Over 15 lakh state board students will be taking up this examination in the current academic year. The tests shall be conducted ...

India features in the top 100 of the Times Higher Education's (THE) world university rankings for the first time. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore hold the 99th position in list of the elite universities for engineering and technology. The THE released ...

University of British Columbia sees 80% rise in applications from India: Almost 10% of UBC's annual scholarship corpus picked up by Indian students. New Delhi, November 3, 2015: Canada's prestigious University of British Columbia (UBC) has seen an exponential increase in ...

University of Jaffna is planning to tie-up with varsities in India to strengthen educational and cultural ties between the two countries, vice-chancellor of the University Vasanthi Arasarathnam has said. The vice-chancellor said that the University has signed a memorandum of understanding ...